August 27, 2011, 9:52AM

It's a scene that'll be repeated around the state in the next week or so, from the Lab's hop harvest this Tuesday, to the camping weekend/ hoppanalia/gathering of the homebrewer tribes that is Hop Madness next weekend. The scene is a group gathered around a tangle of hop vines (bines is the right word...) carefully picking the inch long fluorescent green cones that are perhaps the most cherished ingredient in beer --- hops... Full story »

August 27, 2010, 7:21AM

Biketobeerfest, Pints for Pakistan, how Oregon's brewpub law came to be, Rogue's Nano Fest, Hop Madness, Lucky Lab's back porch hop-shuckin' bee, blues and brews at the good 'ol state fair, Roscoe's Imperial IPA summit, Oregon Beer Odyssey class at Upright and some of my Eastern Oregon/Washington rustscapes on display this First Thursday (with Lompoc LSD or C-Note on tap, if Dave F is willing)...Lucy, you got some plannin' to do... Full story »

October 28, 2009, 8:04AM

The hops shortage of 2007 is over, buried in a glut of unsold hops. Don't expect craft beer prices to follow -- the $5 pint and $9 six-pack are likely facts of life -- but hops prices are now so low that some Oregon and Washington growers left hops unharvested this fall. Full story »